Feb 2025

S13E1 - Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Dissect's first VIDEO season is an 18-episode analysis of Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. After revisiting Kendrick's years-long public hiatus leading up to its 2022 release, today's episode dissects the album's opening track "United In Grief" - a song that sets u ... Show More

56m 5s

Feb 2025

Kendrick Lamar's Great American Game (Super Bowl Reaction)

Dissect host Cole Cuchna shares his initial thoughts and analysis on Kendrick Lamar's Halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

39m 20s

Feb 2025

S13E2 - Dissecting 'N95' by Kendrick Lamar

We continue our season-long analysis of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers with its second track "N95." Kendrick critiques the various masks we wear to fabricate our identities in our performance of self on the world's stage. New episodes of Dissect release every Tuesday. Shop Dissect ... Show More

55m 58s

Jul 2024

The Best Song from Every Eminem Album

In this episode we’re going through every solo Eminem album and choosing the best song from each of them. This list includes all of his solo albums from Infinite all the way to The Death Of Slim Shady. - LIVE ALBUM REACTIONS <a href="⁠http ... Show More

38 m

Feb 2025

Episode 797 | "Clean Sweep"

Grammy night moments highlight the latest episode of the JBP as the crew begins with Chris Brown winning Best R&B Album for '11:11' (24:05), the Associated Press disrespecting Babyface on the red carpet (28:40), and Kanye West allegedly arriving uninvited with his wife Bianca ... Show More

4h 35m

Sep 2025

‘Man’s Best Friend’ | Every Single Album: Sabrina Carpenter

A year after ‘Short n' Sweet’, Nora and Nathan are back to break down Sabrina Carpenter’s seventh studio album, ‘Man’s Best Friend’! They decide whether "Manchild" was the song of the summer and share their thoughts on the band-like production team behind the album (00:42). They ... Show More

1h 19m

Jul 2024

New Music Friday: The best albums out July 19

This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson listen to a grab bag of new releases out on July 19, including what's being called the last Childish Gambino album ever, returns by public radio faves Los Campesinos and Dr ... Show More

56m 39s

Sep 2025

'Who's the Clown?' | Every Single Album: Audrey Hobert

Nora and Nathan briefly recap their favorite moments from the VMAs (1:00) before getting into the debut album from Audrey Hobert, 'Who's the Clown?' (12:22). They talk about Hobert's other job—writing songs with Gracie Abrams (17:47)—the ways in which this album is similar to and ... Show More

1h 30m

Oct 2020

Wu-Tang Clan—“C.R.E.A.M.”

Rob explores the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 genre-defining classic “C.R.E.A.M.” and the unique circumstances that were seminal to the group’s identity. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherev ... Show More

26m 38s

Jun 2021

The Murda Mook Interview: Almost Battling Drake, If It'll Ever Happen, Eminem, Getting Canceled

Murda Mook sits down with Adam for an amazing conversation about the intricacies of battle rap, owning your greatness, his upcoming battle, relationship with Loaded Lux, battling Drake, Eminem being his favorite, hope to battle him one day, what happened with Total Slaughter, and ... Show More

2h 12m

Feb 2025

New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 14

Bartees Strange. Denison Witmer. The Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia's WRTI to discuss the best new releases out on Valentine's Day.Featured albums:• Bartees Strange, 'Horror'• Denison Witmer, 'Anything At All'• ... Show More

39m 25s

Season 13 Album Reveal! Begins February ...